Default Instance Named MSSQLSERVER

Does anyone know why, when I install SQL Server 2005 Developer (September
CTP) and select Default Instance during setup that I see the following in the
SQL Server 2005 Services area of SQL Server Configuration Manager.
SQL Server Agent (MSSQLSERVER)
SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)
SQL Server Analysis Server (MSSQLSERVER)
SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVER)
The physical box name is DEVDW but it seems the default instance is named
MSSQLServer which I definitely did not specifiy...I'm very confused.
That is the service name, and it hasn't changes since version 6.0.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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"Scott" <Scott@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know why, when I install SQL Server 2005 Developer (September
> CTP) and select Default Instance during setup that I see the following in the
> SQL Server 2005 Services area of SQL Server Configuration Manager.
> SQL Server Agent (MSSQLSERVER)
> SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)
> SQL Server Analysis Server (MSSQLSERVER)
> SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVER)
> The physical box name is DEVDW but it seems the default instance is named
> MSSQLServer which I definitely did not specifiy...I'm very confused.
>
|||So you're saying that SQL Server Agent, SQL Server Analysis Services and SQL
Server Reporting Services are all running under the MSSQLServer Service...I
don't think so. This is the "name" of the instance and I'm not sure why.
"Scott" wrote:

> Does anyone know why, when I install SQL Server 2005 Developer (September
> CTP) and select Default Instance during setup that I see the following in the
> SQL Server 2005 Services area of SQL Server Configuration Manager.
> SQL Server Agent (MSSQLSERVER)
> SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)
> SQL Server Analysis Server (MSSQLSERVER)
> SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVER)
> The physical box name is DEVDW but it seems the default instance is named
> MSSQLServer which I definitely did not specifiy...I'm very confused.
>
|||"Scott" <Scott@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4403E7F6-9F4C-4B51-B0D0-9B950725D36E@.microsoft.com...
> So you're saying that SQL Server Agent, SQL Server Analysis Services and
> SQL
> Server Reporting Services are all running under the MSSQLServer
> Service...I
> don't think so. This is the "name" of the instance and I'm not sure why.
>
This is the "name" of the default instance. If you installed a named
instance of SQL Server you would see the instance name instead. It's really
just there so you can identify all the services related to that instance.
David